metafixigenal

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adjective

Relating to or situated on the posterior part of the fixigena of a trilobite.

OriginEnglish fixigenal ← Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-) →
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Meanings

adjectivemetafixigenal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyRelating to or situated on the posterior part of the fixigena of a trilobite.

    Since these hook-like spines are not a direct continuation of the lateral margins of the cephalon, they are perhaps best described as metafixigenal spines.

    1982, Michael R. Cooper, “A REVISION OF THE DEVONIAN (EMSIAN-EIFELIAN) TRILOBITA FROM THE BOKKEVELD GROUP OF SOUTH AFRICA”, in Annals of the South African Museum, volume 89, page 128

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  2. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  3. Englishmeta-
  4. Englishfixigenal
  5. Englishmetafixigenal

From meta- + fixigenal.

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